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The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-06
The Lace Traie.

Scarcely any native industry has been recently more completely driven out ofthe country by foreign competition than the lace trade.
 Italy, France and Belgium re- main, the Pail Mall Gazette says, as they have been almost for cen turies, the great lace producing countries of the Continent. Things are bad in England, but they are worse in Ireland. At one time Irish lace had a great repu- tation. Old Irish lace has it still. Limerick used to run Brussels very hard. and Carrickmacross was not second to Honiton. But now the foreigner has almost entirely sup planted the native industrial. There are two causes assigned. The first is cheapness, though in an article which is the product not so much of Q trade as an art. and of which the demand arises not from need, but from fashion, cost, or rather price, is not so very inn portant. The second cause is thee poverty of design and the great want of variety in tho patterns. The foreigners appreciate the rule of commerce, to create the demand which you are able to satisfy. And so in foreign lace the patterns change from year to year, the de- signs vary, the shapes alter, and this, combined with cheapness,- tends to brisk trade, though prob- ably to the supply of an inferior article, If English or Irish lace is to compete on a fair platform with the French or Belgian arti- cles the elementary principles of trade must be applied to its pro- duCtion.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-06

4 writer, speaking of the extent of agriculture, presents forclble picture of its operations. If we re- fleet that about 6G0,000,000 of hu- man beings, 50,000,000 domestica- ted horese, asses and mules, l50.- O00,00O domesticated cattle, 300,- 100000 domesticated swine, I2O,- OOO,000 domesticated goats are to be fed every day by the industry of man, we shall have some faint conception of the vast scale upon which the operations of ayri- culture are conducted. If we con ceive that the sun, in its daily course, wakes up the whole human race to their labors, and imagine ourselves as accompanying his morning rays in their flight over the world, we may easily fancy the spectacle of activity we should wit ness on the hills and in the valleys, and spreading ont from the Arctic tn the Antarctic circles.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-06

The use of the gall of rattle snakes Is warmly urged by M.- Koscicky of Australia as an anti dote for snake bites. NJ. Koscicky, who became acquainted with the antidote in Venezuela, declares it to be both inexpensive and effect i've, as well as instantaneous in it's operation, crows and dogs in the last stage of the poison recovering immediately on the remedy being administered to them.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-06

-An freights except ore concentrates Grs of he first class
 ". N. JONES. Gear. Superintendent.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-06
Eve.

In appearance Eve was exceed ipgly gracious and beautiful, full of retIcence and dignity; people al ways spoke of her as a lady, and whispered to one another that she had come of good stock. To her husband she was full of 8 wistful courtesy: it seemed as if he had made some sacrifice in marrying her, and her devotion was mingled with gratitude. In Adam there was less that was peculiar than in his wife. He would stand often on his threshold in the evening and look out. He had forgotten that centuries had passed by, and was still yoaruing for the return of bis first-born-the wanderer. It WAS Eve who in the spring tide turned to the mendow where the lambs were playing, and she al ways went alone. When she came back she would put her arms around her husbands neck and kiss him. He did not understand that she was come from 8 grave; but he was grateful for the kiss, and drew her away to look at the young sprouting blades of corn. He had become a husbandman, and vas skilled in the tilling of the ground. Eva never looked hap pier than when he came home hot and hungry from working ill the fields. She loved to set his meals, lay her head on his knee and listen to his talk of the wonderful new ways of raising crops and planting vineyards. He was busy G1d con- tented, and there was no regret in his face. But their conversation did not always turn on common place matters. On winter evenings they often discussed ancient his tory, and showed familiar ac- quaintance with the stories we now read in the early chapters of Gen esis. Sometimes they would quar- rel and grow sullen, or violently disagree. Then Adams voice would be heard ill reproaches, or Eve's in contention, and Adam would walk out and lean against the old swinging gate that seemed to be the natural boundary of his little domain. When Eve saw him leaning against the gate, and ap- parent!y forgetful of her, she would steal up to him softly and they would walk home together, a new light in their eyes. All age had passed from their faces, and there was majesty in their least caressing; touch, for they had no suspicion of ofintruders, and thought only of each other. After these hours of reconciliation they would speak of quite another time in their lives, when evidently there had been deep accord between them; then, and then only, was Eve heard to Iaugh-a silvery, ringing laugh, full of unimagina- bic mirth, and Adam, drunk with the witchery, would grow eloquent and tender.-Contemporary Re view.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-06

4 man dropped into the office of the Oneida (N. Y.) Dispatch the other day and offered to subscribe for two years in advance If the pro- prietor would take his pay in dogs. The editor replied: For many years I have taken wood, apples, potatoes, applekack, and all other sorts of vegetables in payment of subscriptions, but there must be 6 limit. I draw the line on dogs"
The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-06
Cigarette Smoking Women.
When we hear of the cigarette

When we hear of the cigarette smoker as the companion of peo- pie who wish to be considered la dies and women of refinement within our own borders, we cannot help slight tremor, shiyer-what you will; a vague. apprehensive sense of ruin to come to nervous systems, to manners, to families; an emotion at first of disgust and then of anger. We know that h. dian squaws have always smoked as Q habitual thing. and there again we are not shocked; after all, they were squaws. We know, too, that certain cid back country crones have their clay pipes or their cobs: well, they are back-country crones, making no pretention to be better than their old pipes. and certainly not in the van of civilization, or in a position, as ''heif of all the ages," demanding different behavior But that women among ourselves, of this western world. given for the purifcation of the people, where no habits of the so rtexist-women of intellect, of cultivation, of any fine breeding, of any decent man. ners, of any gentle society or fam
 ily-should be guilty of cigaret- smoking, that is something which strikes us involuntarily with the same qualm that their first cigaret gave them. What is at best 8 doubtful habit when followed by men becomes more than doubtful when q women takes 1t up, unless when prescribed by physician for some ache or ail; in which case, if the prescription is cigaret smok- ing, it is seldom so agreeable in its suggestions as to be pursued after the occasion has passed. For it is evident that woman has to be very idle or very tnoughtless to allow herself to question indulg- ance that borders on frivolity or dissipation; and where thing has become 6 conventiouality of de- cency, as the ban against smoking by women certainly shows that ab
 stinence from that indulgence is reckoned,a a woman who deliberately breaks the barrier of that conven- tionality, even with so slight a thing as cigaret, puts herself un- der suspicion of recklsss readi- ness to break down other barriers. Moreover, there is something con trary to good taste, if not morals. in the thought of a woman's find ing pleasure in the habit of the sort, she, more than one of the op- posit sex, being supposed to be acuated by everything which the opposit course implies. Perhaps women have a duty in the preser- vation of health, of purity of blood, of detestation of foul or gross habits, not more than men in very truth, but in which their defect shows more hagrantly from the greater night of their supposed standard. Whatever the reason IS, tho feeling thoroughout the great body of womankind in civilized communities is one and the same, We are yet thankful to say; and the female cigaret-smoker who does not wish to be dispised and summed had best take pains, when among jhen', to concert her brown tnumb.-Harper's Bazar.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-06

The consumption of tea Tn the United States reaches 75,000,0C0 pounds annually. Black tea and green tea grow on the same plant. The black color is produced by q different mode of treatment,
The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-06

Farmer, to grocer-How does 1t happen that I cant get but 2 cents per pound for my butter? You used to give mo 27 cents, and you know it's genuine.
 Grocer-Yes, I know; but there used to be bigger demand for genuine butter than there is now. Since you farmers had that new law passed I've got to sell butter inc as butterine, and lots of my customers have found that it's the kind of butter they've been using for the last two or three years, and paying B cents for, and they don't care for the regular cour try made article any more. They like the butterine as well, and don't have to pay as much for it as they once did. In fact, some of them like It better. That's one of the practi- cal workings of the Oleomargarine law. How do you farmers like it.
 Farmer takes 22 cents for his butter, and goes away muttering something about 'gol-blamed con splracy against agriculturists. V Chicago Tribune.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-06

\ statue of Robert Burns is to be placed in Washington Park, Albany, in accordance with the will of the late Mary McPherson, who left S20,000 for that purpose last year
The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-06

Tony Barrios, son of the late President of Guatalnala, is a stu dent at West Point, and young Zarala, son of the man who over threw and caused the death of President Barrios, is also at West Point and his classmate.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-06

A Michigan school teacher pun ishcs the big girls by kissing them when they misbehave. As con sequences ho has the most unruly school in tine state-PhilaGelp phia Call.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-06
Clifton e'oStosfce-

Regular hours from 7:30 B. m. to 7:s) ?. m. k-ri.tration from 9:so a. m. to p. r,. Son.y Order hours. e::o q. Ia. to ?. m. Sundays, office open from Il a- n: to F r,. lfsil dsrarts for Solomonviile Tuesdays, Saturdays. Mail closes 6:So a. n.
 Hail for Sorenci closes at 6:5c :. Fl. .,, No foreign or mutilated money will be received for stamps. box rent or postal orders. Parties caAi1x for mail matter other than sha, which Is addressed to taemsslyss must prssou. .a order for delivery
 4. C. REARpos, P. M.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-06
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Territorial.

Territorial. tio.eraor-C. Meyer Zulick. Prescott. gacretary-Jas. \. Blyar5l. Prescott. Treasurer-C. B. Foster. Prescott Sul.orintendent of Public 1rstruction-C. N. Strauss. Tucson.
 Auditor-H. T. An lrew=, Prescott Commissioner of Immigrstien-Patrick Hamilton. PhGniX.
 Supreme Court-J. II. Wkight, Chief Justice, Prescott: W. w. Porter Asso- ciIsa Justice. PheniI; Vim. H. Barnes. Associate Justice. Tucson.
 U. $. District Attorncy-Owen T. Rouse. Tucson.
 U. $. Marshal-w. K. Meade. Tucson. Surveyor General-J. Hise. Tucson. (. $. Internal Revenue COllector-J. J.. Durine. Tucson.
 Delegate to Congress Mark 4. Smith, judge of First Judicial District-Wm. II. Barnes.
 Judgo of Second Judicial District-W. ". Porter. Phenix.
 Judge of Third Judicial Distsict--J. H.. Wriglt Prescott.
The Clifton clarion., 1887-04-06
Arizona eS New 3Icxico R. ls. Time
 Table.

Trains run daily, Suniays excepted. Passenger and freight rates on the Arizons X New Mexico Railway from April lst 1887.
 PASSENGER RATES.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-11-05
The Davidson Ditch.

H-- ChBs. R. Drake procured 8 suits- ts c51veysnce and visited the Davidson i.,h in company with Messrz. B. M. I,55s. $. 1T. Franklin. M. ". Stewart -.E 5. Tenrey, ot the CITIZEN, yes- :s-llg. They found Mr. Davidson at E,z with large force Of men pushing E=5scl towards completion az rapidly as ? o.a. At tine upper eGi Of the .-l. r- re the water sIpply ,B sc Je .-. u from She K;llItC, ten scrspers and '--s we're at work. while su additional t.r.s vss employed n cleaning out iae -E at FcgueGuct and repairing such E..-.=s ss were caused by the late .--
 Although the water supply of the -.-- i7 ss yet untdpged, some 40O or -1.- luches Of water have already to be .7-a-d-i wi.h, and which DOW runs i-,Clgl She 3itch for 3 mile or more be- .-'a t-ilg turned out snd into the river sss.a. This cOnclusively proves that s- s.-1-; ineInsustable body of water T.- 5e ;g--ed in the ditch when con- i.'st, ard thGt the enterprise IS an ss- s-'sl success.
 Inc for its completion will be re- glifsi and an additional outlay of money sI2s1dei, hut the results will be grBti- Ing II ihe extreme.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-11-05
The susllinr of ,h. Or.t.r.

Oysters, it seems, may be swollen very con- siiersbly by allowing tLem e. lie awhile in water. By this means, Professor Atrater tells us, "the body of the oyster acquires such plumpness and rotundity, and it's bulk and weight are SO increased, es to materially in- crease its selling value
 Now, the simple oysterman, as well as the unsophisticated customer, has supposed that this swelling or ~fattening7 of the oyster rep resents an actual gain of flesh and fat. But the professor rudely dispels this theory by the crushing explanation that the increase of volume Is just what would be expected from the osmose of dialysis Subjected to this ter Tifying process five quarts of oysters grow to six, but the extra quart is water and not fss ness, and the dealer ''offsrs his customers no more nutritive material-indeed, e trihe les- in the six quarts than he would have done tz the five quarts if he had not hoatsd them"
 Lovers of plump and juicy saddle rocks and other 'selectsn will please heed this discovery of the wise man, and act accordingly.-Nev York Commercial Advertiser.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-11-05
4 LUcky Man,

1T -' Albert Evans and his brother. J.
 2, --,'an5, Of ROckvRle, were registered
 ls Victoria hotel. Saturday. The ,s,.. ,i purchased few days ago, one ,.-' --'- or ticket No. l.5O3 in the Louis U oefy, for one dollar. When the ,.,s.4phic returns of the drawing were ve-'i.'5a' the ticket sold to Mir. Evans fs .nd s,. to have drawn one-tenth of tr- .Il''y thousand dollar prize. giving 551s'-e handsome sum of five thousand L-tt''' Tor dollar invested. Mr, Evans 9,,,z. ID the habit of investing three, m 'H dollars every month for tickets. s,.-e past year, but this ls the first rs, ls'Le he has caught. He IS young m. !" DO has followed cosl mining for 8 s7 Dlt he intends to invest this mon ls q 'aFm, and establish himself for g,,sl .Ioio'ado has been unusually ia 5t ,-i7 month, as tenth of the 3l0- s.-..-s ,''-s and tenth of a S1.OOO were ,,--. Lere. Within the last year, Q l,eT ,-, s1- ,''i oi cigar store in Denver, si iE-s... -s..''yD and Mir. Rickette, of Crest len, ~ drew S30OO0. go thst it is ev- sas.5 'Is. ',,. The Lottery company IS not b-4.s,---, ans state. whatever they may sls..,,.' @H.ere, and the Centennial State e. i- hs reputation for being 8 lucky tarrs. syeculation with Pueblo as the Ssy, 53 e'y'-Pueblo lCol,) Chieftain,
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-11-05
Enormous Railroad Firures.

Tn an address on the business of the London and Northwestern railroad (EnC- laall recently delivered. some figures are presented that, on account of their mag ui-ude. are exceedingly interesting. That great railroad corporation now has a-Csp- ital If EliOUCO, ,OUO about SJ5O.p0. .0OUl. o- about the same capital as that of the southwestern group ot railroads in this country, although the latter have nearly ten times as many miles Cf road. The revenue of the London and Northwestern is about SJ0, CoJOG0 annually. IL has O. OyO servants, or. IS We would say in this country, employees, 70 16 U00 of whom are employed in locomotive construction. Although the road. with all it's branches, IS very little longer than the Pennsylva- nis railroad, with its leased lines fexclu- siye of those west of P!ttSburgi. vet the London and Northwestern runs through such Q pOQElOus country that it carries an- nually 5000, O0O passengers and 8. .0OO,- coo tons Of freight. The company owns 5000 engines. which register 6 mileage annually of over 54 900 OOO miles. nearly 1J0,OOO miles q day, 6,2ls an hour, or iOi per minute. The engines collectively make journey in four hours equivalent tO that of going round the world. and SO great is the wear and tear that one new en zine has 10 5e brought into Use every five days. These are wonderful figures to be presented by single railroad company only sixty years after the construction of the first locomotive and is introduction on railroads. They are strongly suggest i've of tne possible revolution tJ be brought about in another half century by the ap- p'lc8tion of electricity to the movement Of trainS.- Philadelphia Le,l-er
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-11-05
m. nfm.ta nf-chnf

Although the climate of Santiaeo fs about that of Washington or St. Louis, the people have a notion that fires in their houses are unhealthful, and, except fin those built by English or American resi- dents, there is nothing like Q zrate or q stove tO be found. Everybody wears the warmest sort of underclOthing and heavy wraps indoors and out. The people spend six months of the year in a perpetual shiver, and the remainder in a perpetual precipitation. It looks rather odd to see ciyilz zed people sitting in a parlOr, sur rounded by every possible luxury wealth can bring except fire, wrapped in furs and rugs, with blue noses and chattering teeth, when coal Is cheap and the noun tains are covered with timber. It is odd, too, tO see in the streets men wearing fur caps and their throats wrapped in heavy mufiiers, while the women who walk be- side them have nothing on their heads ct all During the morning, while on the way from mass or while shopping. the women wear the manta, as they do in Peru; but in the afternoons, on the prom enade or when riding, they go bare headed. Although the prevailing diseases are pneumonia and other throat and lung
 
 the mortality from these causes is i'm mcnse, the Chillano persists in believ- ing that artificial heat pOisOns the at m1sphere, and when he visits the home of a foreigner and finds fire, he will ask that the door be left sjar SO that he may Toe as chilly as usual. At fashionable gatherings, dinner parties and that sort of thing, l have seen women in full even s1- H,- -r- with the temperature of the room between iD and 70 decs. Fahrenheit. They often carry into the salon or dining room their fur wraps, and wear them at the table, while at every chair is foot warmer of thick llama wool, into which they push their dainty sGppered toes. These foot warmers are ornamental as well as useful, have embroidered cases, and are manuflc- tured at home, or can be purchased from the nuns, who spend much of their time m needlewOrk.-Harper's Magazine.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-11-05
A Plea for the snake.

The common prejudice against snakes finds no supporter in Dr. Abbott. He has proved that many varieties are tine farmers and cardeners' best friends, and has harmle>siy tested on himself the bit lnz powers of several kinds usually sup posed Co be poisonous. The common water snake is one of these; our author states that they are vicious but not yen- oTlous: '.they do not hesitate to bite if ir- ritaied, but the result is like the prick of 6 pin" This snake he has found, from frequent experiments, does not require constant access tO Jhe atmosphere, but can live for days in well aerated water. Another much hbeled snake is the "hog nose" ." often called ''fathead'' or adder. " Dr. Abbott disbelieves in the power of snakes b charm binds, and also in the hoop variety, about whose mode of progress such wonderful stories occasion ally appear. Regarding the size which snakes are reported to reach, he quotes the saving Of an old village worthy: When snakes come toward folks, every foot looks a yard long ''-The Epoch.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-11-05
What SnIt Is Gnod fnr-

When you give your cellar it's spring cleaning add little copperas water and salt to the whitewash.
 Sprinkling salt on the tops and at the bottoms of garden walls is said to keep snails from climbing up and down
 For relief from heartburn or dyspepsia, drink a little cold water in which has been dissolved teaspoOnful of salt.
 Ink stains on linen can be taken out if the stain is first washed in strong salt and water and then sponged with lemon juice.
 For stains on the hands nothing is bet ter than little salt, with enough lemon juice to moisten it, rubbed on the spOts and then washed off in clear water.
 In a basin of water, salt, of course, falls tO the bottom; so never soak salt fish with the skin side down. as the salt will fall to the skin and remain there.
 The very simple remedy of common salt has cured many cases of fever and a-ue. A teaspoOnful taken in water, and a teaspoOuful deposited in each stocking, next tO the foot, as the chill Is coming on. This comprises the whole of the treat mcut.
 For weeds fin pavements or gravel walks, make a strong brine of coarse salt and boiling water; put the brine in a sprinkling can and water the weeds thor Oughly, being careful not to let any of the brine get on the grass, UT it will kill 1t too.
 lf 8 chimney or Hue catch on fire, close all windows and doors first, then hang a blanket in front of the grate to exclude all air. Water should never be poured down the chimney, as it spells the carpets. Coarse salt thrown down the flue Is much better.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-11-05
Japan's Sacred Mountain.

And back of all this, from the middle of a range of small surrounding hills, there rises 10 s height of over IS, 900 feet the snow crowned and gracefully rounded off summit of Mount FusiyamA, the peerless mountain of the Land of the Rising Sun, without a representation of which no Japanese picture Is considered perfect. Take all the fans and screens which are yearly sent from Japan to the United States, and nine out of every ten of them will be found to contain a representation of this-to the Japanese-saered noun tain. It Is a grand sight, though rising, as it does, almost tO the clouds, with not a companion mountain for hundreds of miles, and we cannot blame the Japs for regarding it with reverent superstition. lt Is quiet now, but from the frequency of the earthquakes with which Japan Is troubled We may rest assured that the mighty giant Is only slumbering, and may at any time awake fin anger and repeat the terrible eruption of l107, when it laid waste the entire country round about, and WIS accompanied by an earthquake which shook down the greater part of the city of Yclo now Tokiol, burying thousands of the nOOr inhabitants under it's ruins.- Cor. Baltimore Eu..